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Show Prophecy is not tho foretelling of events so much as tho foretelling of moral conse-PrODhet's conse-PrODhet's (lucncos- T,1 trado f tho clairvoyant ilour- m 'ahes in Chicago, as in Now York, but VOiCe wliero nre he compelling voices that speak T 1 conscience and not to curiosity? Where, tho midst of all tho babel of prediction Needed 1Uld .1)lntnnt boasting that gives itself out as wisdom and courage, are the clear, strong tones of august humanity of an Emerson By DR. DAVID S. MUZZEY. n,ul n Curtisi a Lincoln and a Lowell ? If wo aro wiso we will let any of our "H providers and purveyors dio before we lose our prophets. For wo achieve- personality only through perspective and the prophet recalls us to tho true perspective per-spective of lifo by showing us tho meaning of action in the light of its largo moral consequences. There is no danger thnt our land will go down in the sweep of battle. Wo fling our proud cordon of cruisers around tho western hemisphere! We proclaim to Europe and Asia that we aro protected from foes without! But what if tho cordon of corruption within is being drawn closer and closer about the sacred citadel of our freedom ; if our legislatures are multiplying mul-tiplying penal statutes while our courts spare the offenders; if our politicians poli-ticians persuade us the people live by favor of tho administration and tho trusts hoodwink us into believing that they are making tho peoplo prosperous! pros-perous! Against the falsehoods and hypocrisies how sorely do wo need tho prophet's voice! What other hope or promise that our land will pass through this era of mad materialism and como again to set ideals abovo ingenuity and prizo duty beyond dividends. |